Mike Riley:

[Akinbadbuy]

Yet another anti Stoke referee.
He is a fookin disgrace. I can totally understand why Pulis is so unhappy with him. Has given everything against us in that first half.
Utter Coont!!

[Mr_DaftBurger]

petty

[vientianescfc]

Well Fuller had attemped GBH twice and not one fucking card was shown to their players!

One was the scissor kick to the stomach from the floor and then he was literally punched in the back of the head! Neither were given free kicks let alone a fucking card!

I am sure it was the same defender on both occasions and he shouldn't of been on the pitch after the first let alone the second!

[big bea]

what a disgrace, he isnt fit to referee, that tackle on fuller when the defender put his foot through his thigh,

[Nick1984]

I've never given a ref so much abuse in my life, he RILED me today!

[Arthurdollar]

Cunt

[powchirper]

Ruined a good game, gave us fuck all, 1/10. A decent ref today and it would have been a great game, Brizzle fed off the scraps he threw their way. Complete tosser.

[icelandpotter]

WHAT a TOSS ref, awful. Go fuck off Riley - you're not fit to referee.

[chinesedave]

Apr 19, 2008 18:55:59 GMT big bea said:

what a disgrace, he isnt fit to referee, that tackle on fuller when the defender put his foot through his thigh,

I was in row 2 right by the incident you mentioned and we all agreed that Fuller went down too easily, looking for the free kick.

But other than that Mike Riley looked like an AIDS ridden cunt and gave Bristol almost everything that he could.

We are going up lads... ;D

[Gunslinger]

I was surprised by the amount of decisions given against Stoke. Even the Norwegian commentary made fun of him: "The ref had the whistle in his mouth, but were unable to blow because he saw that no Stoke-player were close to the ball".

Some of the worst inept refs I've ever seen. He only lacked the Brizzle Titties kit and the number on his back. Hope he tries to spend the night in Hanley...

[bettyswallocks]

We all no what kind of ref he is and he was exactly the same today. Utter shite and does not deserve to be on the same green as our players

[Deleted]

Apr 19, 2008 19:17:41 GMT chinesedave said:

Mike Riley looked like an AIDS ridden cunt

Bit unnecessary ???

Anyways, at first I thought Fuller went down too easily, and only really seemed to react once he realised he'd lost the ball. Looking at the replays though, it was a definite free-kick, with the left-back pushing him away with his studs in Fuller's ribs.

Riley made some unbelievably dodgy decisions, and seemed intent to give the initiative to Brizzle after they pulled one back... and even before that for that matter!

[Irish Stokie]

I can never remember a ref as bad in all my life. Some of the decisons that he gave where just beyond belief, something should be done to get rid of these refs, imagine if Brizzle had gone on to get a draw from one of his poxy decisions and it cost us promotion and £80 million pound? Its not schoolboy football anymore and the FA need to sort out the refs ASAP

[mark71]

Got to agree,
I think he got a lot of decisions right against us BUT failed to apply the same rules against Bristol.

[stokelad]

total cunt gives us nothing most of the game

[Gunslinger]

Apr 19, 2008 20:06:03 GMT mark71 said:

Got to agree,
I think he got a lot of decisions right against us BUT failed to apply the same rules against Bristol.

Spot on. One set of rules for Stoke - another set of rules for Brizzle.

[craigscfc]

he was really shite, some unbelievable decisions against us.

[alan12661]

Total disgrace to the alleged profession. Should not ref any game above the conference north.

[Chunky Lover!]

He was awful, didn't let the game flow and gave them every decision

[expectedtoulouse]

He is an absolute joke. Who the hell selects these refs? How on earth is he a FIFA listed ref??? Unbelieveable!!!

Yet again when were are on sky we get another big time charlie referee. They're desperate for us not to get promoted aren't they. In the last 10 games of the season we get Rob Styles, Andy D'Urso, Mike Riley, Steve Bennett and Mark Clattenburg. However Clattenburg had a good game at the Brit.

That no.5 - Jamie McCombe mauled Fuller and Sidibe all game. He lead with his elbow, restrained, handballed and pushed our strikers in the back, yet Riley gave nothing. The most annoying incident was when he held Ameobi back and when he did it to him, good old Mike gave them a free kick.

The no.3 - Jamie McAllistair cruched Fuller and Lawrence all day long, if he had made that tackle that prevented Fuller going through on goal on a player like Ronaldo nthen he would have been straight down the tunnel.

Everytime Sidibe went up for a challenge or a Stoke player made a tackle he blew up for some mysterious so called "foul".

I don't know how he had the guts to be so blatently biased. Unbelieveable!!!

[Big J]

The Premiership ref's were appointed for big games at the end of this season. Both have been disgraceful to stoke. Durso at QPR, and Riley today.

[Mr Jon]

Yesindeedy, one of the downsides to us getting promoted means that we'll have these incompetent/biased/corrupt* drama queens every week.

* delete where applicable

edit - I was in row 9 of the family stand today giving Riley grief even when we were 2-0 up, as I felt that he could well go on and cost us the game. Although I didn't use bad language, I wish to apologise to any younger fans around me who found my demeanor towards the aforementioned "ref" aggressive.

[chamberlain]

bosschump your right clattenburg wasnt bad but rileys performance was one of the most inept ive seen at stoke for many years what a prat

[Olgrligm]

Awful referee. Gave all those decision against any Stoke player who jumped in the air. In one instance, Sidibe didn't even jump, two Bristol players did with their arms all over him and he gave them a freekick.

What about that business with players going down injured? In the first half, we were on the attack and a Bristol cry baby rolled on the floor. Riley made us immediately put the ball out and somehow their goalkeeper ended up with the ball in his hands. We were shown no such courtesy when Fuller took a foot to the chest or Sidibe had his ankle knackered. They played on and attacked us. Disgusting.

[Mr Jon]

SCFC - spot on mate. Crass inconsistency.

[sirpineapple89]

I lost count of how many times I shouted 'bell end' due to his ineptitude and undoubted bias towards Brizzle.

It's a good job his decisions didn't cost us but let's not forget, if we do make it up to the Premiership, there will be a whole bunch of 'Premiership' referees out to get us. Wankers.

[Cityfullergoals]

What a prick

How many times were we fouled and he gave the decision the other way

He really was unbeleivable

The only foul on the edge of the box after his one-two with their player shows he is human. That WAS a free kick to them

No forgiveness though

PRICK 10/10

[prong]

As a neutral, I don't think Riley was that bad. He was on the wrong side to see the boot into Fuller's chest, and I thought the rest of them were pretty fair calls. Perhaps your players could do better by not holding their hands up in the air everytime the whistle blew.

I know the Stoke 'ugly team' reputation goes before you, but all in all I thought he had a decent game.

And you won. So what's the problem?

[milton potteress]

Awful ref absolutley appalling he gave them every decision going, i was convinced at half time on his performance he would have sent one of our players off! Thank God that didn't happen!

[dexter97]

Apr 19, 2008 22:00:16 GMT prong said:

And you won. So what's the problem?

Shite refereeing is shite refereeing, no matter what the result. In the end, it was only our superiority / Bristol's ineptitude / luck that prevented his fuckwittery from costing us. And what's even more frustrating is that this is the type of clown that FIFA would have running (ruining) every game.